Die Euler-Charakteristik: Eine einzige Zahl beschreibt die Form unserer Welt
Public talk by Anja Randecker
Public Events & Multimedia
We are committed to sharing the excitement and discoveries of our research with the wider community. Our public events offer unique opportunities to engage with leading experts in physics, mathematics, and computer science, as they explore the fundamental questions driving our understanding of structure and complexity in the universe. Whether you're curious about the birth of stars, the emergence of material properties or the analysis of structures in large datasets, our outreach activities provide an accessible window into the groundbreaking work happening here in Heidelberg.
Short Film: We Are STRUCTURES
Nature is full of structure at all scales, from the microcosm to the universe at large. In Heidelberg we ask questions about the formation, role and detection of structure in natural phenomena, from subatomic particles to cosmology and from quantum physics to neuroscience. The close collaboration of physicists, mathematicians and computer scientists plays a crucial role in the STRUCTURES cluster of excellence.
Our Big Questions
Why is so much of nature structured rather than diffuse?
What are deep new relations between mathematical & physical structure?
How can we efficiently and reliably identify structures in large datasets?
How can complex physical structures be used as a resource for computation?
Public Events
Our public talks and lectures aim to provide an accessible window into the research topics of STRUCTURES and beyond. With formats like the “Akademische Mittagspause 2023: Strukturen in der Welt” or the “Ruperto Carola Lecture Series: STRUCTURES”, we participate in an interdisciplinary dialogue beyond the fields of STRUCTURES researchers, connecting to other parts of the University and to society. For several of these events, recordings are publicly streamed via YouTube and other communication channels.
Akademische Mittagspause: “STRUKTUREN IN DER WELT” (German)
Full playlist on YouTube:
Research Station Geometry + Dynamics
Symmetrie in der Mathematik: witzig, wichtig, wunderlich
Public talk by Pascal Schweitzer (July 2 2024)
Millennium Prize Problems Mathfest – Celebrating the Poincaré Conjecture
Event series in July 2022
Science of STRUCTURES and beyond
Faszination Wissenschaft – 60 Begegnungen mit wegweisenden Forschern unserer Zeit
Public talk by Herlinde Kölbl, June 2022,
Science meets Art
Ruperto Carola Lecture Series “STRUCTURES”
Public talk series given between Nov 8 2021 and Feb 7 2022
ERFOLGSFAKTOREN UND STOLPERSTEINE AUF DEM KARRIEREWEG VON FRAUEN
Interactive talk by Sigrid Meuselbach, Nov 27 2019, in cooperation with SFB 1225 IsoQuant, RTG 1953 Mannheim/Heidelberg and Upstream, Heidelberg
Podcasts
Listen to what STRUCTURES researchers have to say in these podcast episodes:
“Marsilius im Gespräch” #7: Artificial Intelligence – Between Wishful Thinking and Science
STRUCTURES researchers Andreas Dreuw (Chemistry) and Robert Scheichl (Mathematics) together with Jan Schuhr (Law) talk about chances, limitations and risks of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Welt der Physik #333: Physik der Zelle
Prof Ulrich Schwarz from STRUCTURES discusses the complex processes taking place in cells, and how to approach them with physics.
Welt der Physik #330: Emergenz
In the podcast, Prof Manfred Salmhofer from STRUCTURES discusses how emergent phenomena arise when constituents – ranging from atoms to stars – interact, leading to properties these individual parts alone do not possess.
Human Brain Project #7: intersection of biological and artificial intelligence
Mihai Petrovici, external member of STRUCTURES, presents his research on intelligence, his experience of growing up in a family of physicists, and what he does for fun outside of work.
Exhibitions
Baroclinic Water Tank
MPIA, Königstuhl
A rotating water tank allows to demonstrate simplified versions of central concepts of turbulent flows that we study in our research in STRUCTURES' comprehensive project CP 2: From Dust to Planets.
Heidelberg Experimental Geometry Lab – 3d crafting
The Heidelberg Experimental Geometry Lab (HEGL) is a community that brings researchers at all levels together to learn and exchange on topics such as mathematics research, experimental mathematics, math visualization, and applications of geometry to other fields (such as machine learning).
„Universe on Tour“ 2023 Heidelberg
19.-23.07.2023
In 2023 STRUCTURES has participated in the interactive exhibition “Universe on Tour”, which brings a mobile planetarium, exhibition, and lecture series to Heidelberg from July 19–23, offering insights into the latest astronomical research.
Faszination Wissenschaft – 60 Begegnungen mit wegweisenden Forschern unserer Zeit
Cancelled due to the Corona virus pandemic.